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competition [ com·pe·ti·tion ]
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1. The activity or condition of striving to gain or win something by defeating or establishing superiority over others.
TV stations ought to refrain from excessive competition for ratings.
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2. An event or contest in which people take part in order to establish superiority or supremacy in a particular area.
a beauty competition
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3. The person or people over whom one is attempting to establish one's supremacy or superiority; the opposition.
Some, outside Scottish football, underestimate the competition.
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4. Interaction between animal or plant species, or individual organisms, that are attempting to gain a share of a limited environmental resource.
Plant and animal competition is most marked on fertile soils of eutrophic forests and grasslands.
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1. Early 17th century from late Latin competitio(n-) ‘rivalry’, from competere ‘strive for’ (see compete).
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